All Roll Calls
Yes: 293 • No: 92
OklahomaHB 2147Oklahoma 2026 Regular SessionHouseWALLET
Cities and towns; Municipal Code Lien Enforcement Act of 2025; lien; violations; housing; building code; foreclosure; real property; effective date.
Sponsored By: Mike Lay (Republican)
Became Law
Senate Committee
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 0 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
Property sales for code debts, with safeguards
Beginning November 1, 2025, Oklahoma cities and towns can adopt this law to collect unpaid housing or building code debts. Only the municipality can ask a district court to sell property through this process. Unpaid code liens must total at least $1,500, and filing must wait six months after the lien is recorded. Qualified owner-occupied homes are protected from these sales. Protected homes must be lawful principal residences with homestead status or a qualifying property-tax exemption. Protection also covers homes eligible for those designations but not yet approved and occupied by a deceased person's family. The local ordinance must state its start date, exclude owner-occupied properties, and set notice and support or referral requirements for their owners and occupants. For property with delinquent taxes, the municipality must notify other taxing agencies and the state at least 60 days before filing. When a municipality chooses enforcement through sale, this court process is its exclusive remedy. These proceedings act against the property and do not create personal liability for the owner.
Property owners face interest on code debts
Beginning November 1, 2025, code lien payoffs under this law include 7.5% yearly interest from the county-clerk filing date. The payoff also includes the original debt, allowed penalties, and collection costs, including title searches, notices, and publication. These liens cover unpaid code fines, penalties, cleanup costs, and enforcement costs, but exclude charges already sent for property-tax billing. Code liens rank ahead of mortgages and other liens, while delinquent tax liens keep their legal priority. The amount needed to redeem the property—and the minimum sale bid—includes the code lien payoff plus any applicable tax payoff. A completed final sale with payment of that amount ends interested parties' rights to redeem the property.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsor
Mike Lay
Republican • House
Cosponsors
Brenda Stanley
Republican • Senate
Waldron
Affiliation unavailable
Roll Call Votes
House vote • 5/29/2025
OVERRIDE
Yes: 70 • No: 18
Senate vote • 5/29/2025
OVERRIDE
Yes: 37 • No: 8
House vote • 5/21/2025
FOURTH READING
Yes: 58 • No: 29
Senate vote • 5/8/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 27 • No: 19
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
Committee vote: Judiciary
Yes: 7 • No: 1
House vote • 3/25/2025
THIRD READING
Yes: 75 • No: 16
House vote • 3/6/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 10 • No: 1
House vote • 2/20/2025
DO PASS
Yes: 9 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Filed with Secretary of State
5/29/2025HouseMeasure returned to House
5/29/2025SenateVeto overridden: Ayes: 37 Nays: 8
5/29/2025SenateTo Senate
5/29/2025HouseVeto overridden: Ayes: 70 Nays: 18
5/29/2025HouseVetoed 05/27/2025
5/27/2025HouseSent to Governor
5/21/2025HouseEnrolled measure signed, returned to House
5/21/2025SenateEnrolled, signed, to Senate
5/21/2025HouseReferred for enrollment
5/21/2025HouseFourth Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 58 Nays: 29
5/21/2025HouseSA's read, adopted
5/21/2025HouseSA's received
5/12/2025HouseEngrossed to House
5/12/2025SenateReferred for engrossment
5/8/2025SenateMeasure passed: Ayes: 27 Nays: 19
5/8/2025SenateGeneral Order, Amended
5/8/2025SenatePlaced on General Order
4/24/2025SenateReported Do Pass Judiciary committee; CR filed
4/22/2025SenateSecond Reading referred to Judiciary
4/1/2025SenateCoauthored by Representative Waldron
3/26/2025SenateFirst Reading
3/26/2025SenateEngrossed, signed, to Senate
3/26/2025HouseReferred for engrossment
3/25/2025HouseThird Reading, Measure passed: Ayes: 75 Nays: 16
3/25/2025House
Bill Text
Enrolled (final version)
5/21/2025
Amended And Engrossed
5/12/2025
Floor (Senate)
4/23/2025
Senate Committee Report
4/22/2025
Engrossed
3/26/2025
Floor (House)
3/9/2025
House Committee Report
3/6/2025
House Policy Committee Report
2/25/2025
Introduced
1/16/2025
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